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Funeral services will be held at 9 a.m. Thursday at Wyoming High School. Warmbier was a 2013 graduate of the school.

The funeral is open to the public.

Warmbier died Monday afternoon at University of Cincinnati Medical Center surrounded by family members, his family said in a statement Monday afternoon.

The 22-year-old was released June 13 from North Korea, where he was held captive since January 2016.

North Korean officials said Warmbier was in a coma when he was released, the result of botulism and a sleeping pill. However, several Cincinnati-area doctors said they doubted this claim.

When Warmbier returned to the United States on June 13, family members said he was unable to speak, see or react to verbal commands.

Warmbier was 21 when he was arrested in North Korea for stealing a political banner, North Korean officials said. He was in the country with a China-based travel company called Young Pioneer Tours. He delivered a tearful, televised confession in March 2016, saying that he was bribed by a church member in Wyoming to steal the banner as a "trophy."

Warmbier was a third-year student at the University of Virginia. He was a top student at Wyoming High School and was described as a skilled soccer player.